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‘Shaping the future of science together’
Venue: The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
Date and time: 1pm Monday 18th to 5pm on Tuesday 19th November
This unique event brings together people from across the sphere of science engagement to strengthen our collaborative potential for a diverse and fairer science future.
Working in partnership with many of the UK’s leading STEM funders, national bodies and charities, the conference programme of talks, workshops, networking sessions and discussions will explore how we shape the future of science in our rapidly changing world.
Book your tickets to come and connect with CEOs, senior managers and science education and engagement professionals from science and discovery centres, museums, eco-attractions, national STEM networks, outreach, research centres and university public engagement departments, develop new working practices, build sector knowledge, and collaborate together.
This key annual event provides the time and space for delegates to discuss topics such as sustainability and the climate crisis, financial stability and resilience, diversity, equity and artificial intelligence and individual issues or challenges. Delegates value this time together to make new connections, collaborate, share ideas and inspiring practice and discuss the collective purpose that guides us in our mission for a society where science is accessible, inclusive, and valued as a fundamental part of everyday life.
Keynote speakers for 2024:
We are delighted to announce the keynote speakers who will join us at the Royal Society to consider the future of science, technology, research and innovation in the UK and the value and power of our network within this vision.
Clockwise from top left: Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge
Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West and advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM
Professor Tom Crick MBE, Chief Scientific Adviser, DCMS and Professor of Digital Policy and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Swansea University
Caroline Hickman, Psychotherapist, Lecturer at the University of Bath and International Authority on Climate Psychology
Tickets for ASDC members : £260
Tickets for non-members: £295
Conference dinner & drinks for Monday 18th November: £20 (only available with a delegate ticket)
(prices exc. VAT)
Bursaries are also available to support individuals with travel, accommodation and any ticket costs associated with participating in the in-person ASDC national conference 2024 in London.
Apply for a bursary here.
Photo of the entrance to The Royal Society, the independent scientific academy of the UK dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity.
Photos below show highlights from the ASDC Conference 2023 at W5 Science and Discovery Centre in Belfast (photo credit: Phil Magowen, BNL productions)
“The entire conference was such an enriching and valuable opportunity. The programme offered something for everyone; spaces to learn, spaces to challenge, spaces of support, spaces to feel inspired and crucially spaces to feel united as a sector with colleagues and peers from across the UK.”
“I'm part of an incredible sector its a total privilege to be in and the conference made me feel re-energised and ready to take on challenges back at my own centre/in the day job!”
“...the sector has a huge amount of overlapping priorities and challenges and we are all in it together. We work in a sector where there are a lot of people who give a lot of themselves into their work and it can be exhausting - but coming together with other practitioners is very rejuvenating!”
Feedback from delegates from the 2023 conference